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Notes ald DOcuMICHts. . Freeman's Report oH tlhe fihth AlltaryDepartmentEdited by M. L. CRIMMINS(Continued)The journey from Fort McIntosh to Fort Duncan, i io miles N. W.,was accomplished in four days. The country traversed is most un-promising. It is scantily watered, and will probably always remain adreary waste.XII.-FORT DUNCAN- (Inspected July 27, 1853.)This post is situated on the Rio Grande, in latitude 280 42' 13"North, longitude 1oo 1' 48" West, 145 miles W. S. W. of San Antonio,with which it has a weekly mail communication. Immediately aboveand separated from it only by a deep ravine, is the settlement or towncalled Eagle Pass, in which there are three or four stores for the saleof goods principally adapted to the Mexican market. This place con-tains some eight or ten tolerably good buildings and the same numberof mud hovels occupied by the lower order of Mexicans, with a popu-lation of from 80o to loo, of whom not more than twelve or fifteenare Americans. Within the last three years a military colony has beenestablished on the Mexican side of the river opposite to the post.It is called the Colony of Guerrero, and the site, Piedras Negros.The town consists of adobe and mud houses and has about 450 in-habitants. There is another military colony 18 miles above at Mon-clova Viejo, called the Colony of Moral. In both of these colonies asmall number of Mexican troops (from 30 to 1oo) have usually beenstationed, but recently they have been moved into the interior, or topoints lower down the river. There are two ferries near the post andin low stages of water the Rio Grande is fordable half a mile above.From the extreme dryness of the seasons, it has been found useless toattempt to cultivate the soil in the vicinity.The site of Fort Duncan has not been purchased or leased by thegovernment, but recently a proposition has been made by the Quarter-master's Department to the proprietor, Mr. Twohigs of San Antonio,-68A native of County Cork, Ireland, John Twohig, owner of the sites of FortMartin Scott and Fort Duncan, was a merchant in San Antonio. He was capturedduring General Adrian Woll's raid on San Antonio in September, 1842, and wasconfined in Perote Prison. He escaped from Perote on July 2, 1843, and returned